What Car Do You Drive? (Post Pics) - Page 12

LonghornsLegend · 10-15-2011, 04:11 AM

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Don't think I've ever posted mine in this thread

96 Grand Marquis. Bought it from an old guy who had it sitting for a long time and it came with 82k miles. Restored majority of the main pieces under the hood in the last year and a half, should last me a long time but I think I'm gonna look into some sort of luxury car and stop running the miles up on this.

And no, I did not want to get sucked into the page trap :)

jrdrylie · 10-15-2011, 03:31 PM

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Yea but I guarantee you that you have a **** ton of debt/bills that need to be paid every 2 weeks, and/or have kids, right? Your crazy if you don't think that's good money. Are you keeping up with the Jones'? Of course not.

I know I turn 28 this year, make $23 an hour, but I have no kids, and outside of my rent being 900 a month the only bills I have to keep up with is a cell phone. I keep my debt low and that's plenty to hold me over. Well, and we get unlimited OT whenever we want, so on rent checks I'll work 50-60 hrs for a few weeks.

If somebody can't live comfortably off of roughly 4k a month, you have got to cut down on some of the rolling debt you pay monthly, or go and get your masters degree. Obviously I am looking at a raise in a year to two, but not complaining for now.

I have a masters, and I make good money. I was just making a point to whoever said 48K was good money. I'm married, make about 60K and live comfortably. My point was that when we are young, making 200 bucks a week felt awesome. 10 years later, you realize how much stuff actually costs.

And since this is a car thread. Here are mine.

MetSox17 · 10-15-2011, 05:32 PM

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I have a masters, and I make good money. I was just making a point to whoever said 48K was good money. I'm married, make about 60K and live comfortably. My point was that when we are young, making 200 bucks a week felt awesome. 10 years later, you realize how much stuff actually costs.

How much more can you do with 60k that you can't with 48 if i'm a single male? You made it seem like peanuts when you don't make that much more, and with a masters degree.

Bosanac01 · 10-15-2011, 09:19 PM

Post edited because it was not nice.

Ngatachance92 · 10-15-2011, 09:32 PM

Yeah... Your kind of married, I bet that succubus just eats up that extra 12k a year that masters has gotten you.

jrdrylie · 10-15-2011, 09:41 PM

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How much more can you do with 60k that you can't with 48 if i'm a single male? You made it seem like peanuts when you don't make that much more, and with a masters degree.

As a single male, 48K is good. The year before I got married I made about 38K and was doing great.

M.O.T.H. · 10-15-2011, 11:46 PM

My parents couldnt even touch $48K combined these days, not even close. They probably never made much more than $60K combined in their brightest days either.

I personally, could live very comfortably on far, far less than $48K per year.

Bosanac01 · 10-15-2011, 11:49 PM

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My parents couldnt even touch $48K combined these days, not even close. They probably never made much more than $60K combined in their brightest days either.

I personally, could live very comfortably on far, far less than $48K per year.

I tell you, kids these days. They are rotten spoiled.

49erNation85 · 10-15-2011, 11:56 PM

< makes about 20 k a year if that.Doing seasonal work in National parks I don't get paid much.I have a crappy toyota tercel 92 and 85 toyota pick used for four wheeling.I get by fairly good.Such a great life.

XxXdragonXxX · 10-16-2011, 12:47 AM

2007 Dodge Ram

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. 6.5 in. long arm lift kit on 34's.

DanZilla · 10-16-2011, 01:04 AM

To help continue the thread...here are my 2 cars... my 06 Scion XB (daily driver) and my Sunday car 2005 red Honda S2000 (8,500 miles)...I used to own 2 S2000's and my scion xb.

When I owned 2 S2000's before I sold the silver one...

Old silver one I sold a few months ago...I miss that car but luckily i held onto the red one

and now with the my red one with the old silver one.

how the red one looks now

now my regular scion xb

wogitalia · 10-17-2011, 12:56 AM

God that Scion thing is without a doubt the ugliest car I've seen. Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that :)

wogitalia · 10-17-2011, 01:00 AM

Must add... that if you can support two people on 60k, things really are ridiculously expensive over here, I don't think I could support myself on that over here, nevermind a wife! I hope like hell that is at least your after tax income, that would at least make it more reasonable!

jrdrylie · 10-17-2011, 08:26 AM

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God that Scion thing is without a doubt the ugliest car I've seen. Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that :)

They are incredibly ugly. But for a relatively cheap car, they are absolutely amazing inside. If it didn't look like a toaster on wheels, I would definitely look at buying one.

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Must add... that if you can support two people on 60k, things really are ridiculously expensive over here, I don't think I could support myself on that over here, nevermind a wife! I hope like hell that is at least your after tax income, that would at least make it more reasonable!

Nope, that is my salary pre-tax. Then you have to take out 5% that goes directly into my retirement fund, just over 16% that get's taken out for taxes, $2400 for health insurance a year, and a few other deductions and it comes out to about $42,250 a year that you actually get in your paycheck. It is definitely livable so things must be ridiculously expensive over there.

Damix · 10-17-2011, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MetSox17

How much more can you do with 60k that you can't with 48 if i'm a single male? You made it seem like peanuts when you don't make that much more, and with a masters degree.

You can do a lot more with 60k, don't discount 12k. I make near double 48k and I'm 24. Times are changin, people make more money now.

Brent · 10-17-2011, 10:30 PM

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I'm 24.

oh **** you

DanZilla · 10-17-2011, 10:36 PM

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God that Scion thing is without a doubt the ugliest car I've seen. Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that :)

I love the way it looks. lol

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You can do a lot more with 60k, don't discount 12k. I make near double 48k and I'm 24. Times are changin, people make more money now.

can we move on from the yearly salary talk and focus on the cars we drive lol

Damix · 10-18-2011, 07:55 AM

Still the same here.

2007 Lexus ES 350

and

2004 GSX-R 600

Bosanac01 · 10-18-2011, 08:13 AM

Where is the petition for the banishment of Damix?

jrdrylie · 10-18-2011, 08:29 AM

Not the car I currently drive, but my first car was a 1980 Buick Regal. My brother and I got it in 2002 for $1100. Pretty weird car for a couple of upper-middle class white guys. When it died, I upgraded to a nice 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan. To say I was a chick magnet in high school would be the understatement of the century.